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自发

zì fā

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 自發

自发 (zì fā) means "spontaneous". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 自发 means

1. spontaneous

The characters in 自发

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue

Example sentences

• 玛丽暗自发笑。
  Mǎlì ànzì fā xiào.
  Mary chuckled to herself.

Words starting with 自发

• 自发电位zì fā diàn wèielectroencephalogram (EEG)
• 自发对称破缺zì fā duì chèn pò quēspontaneous symmetry breaking (physics)
• 自发粉zì fā fěnself-rising flour

Where 自发 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zǐ–zǒu (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
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